What can I do?
We welcome contributions that help our resources go further and support our outreach work.
"What I am hoping is that people will be very aware about the situation for refugees and that we might get donations in between times." - Frances, volunteer
Pray with refugees around the world
JRS UK has a range of resources for reflection and prayer, including poems, liturgies and guidance on how to use them in your community or organisation, including a prayer pack on refugee homelessness and a new selection for Advent 2016.
Refugee Friends Hardship Fund
In light of the global coronavirus pandemic, JRS UK has suspended its weekly drop-in Day Centre and other face-to-face services and set up an Emergency Response Team, taking the Day Centre on the road.
We have set up our Refugee Friends’ Hardship Fund to help us re-orientate these services to adapt to the continuously shifting situation in the weeks ahead, and we are relying on your help to do so.
Please give generously to our Refugee Friends’ Hardship Fund so that JRS UK can continue its vital work.
Sponsor JRS at the London Marathon 2020
The London Marathon has been postponed to October, but Alannah, Andrea, Richard & John will still run for JRS UK. They are fundraising to help support the important services we provide. Donate to their fundraising page and help them meet their collective target of £12,000. (To help a specific runner, click on their individual page in the ‘Fundraisers’ column on the bottom right-hand side.)
Organise a toiletry collection
JRS UK gives out more than 160 packs of toiletries each month, each providing essential items such as shampoo, deodorant and toothpaste. To sustain this scheme, we need 15,000 bottles. Why not get your parish or school to organise a collection for us? Contact us for more details.
Give As You Live
You can help raise money for JRS anytime you shop on-line through Give As You Live. Over 3,000 on-line retailers will give a donation to us as a charity every time you make a purchase. This income provides resources for setting up smaller projects that we cannot get grants for.
Become a Host
One of the greatest challenges faced by the refugees attending the JRS weekly Day Centre is the lack of accommodation. The JRS At Home programme organises short term accomodation with individuals, parishes and religious communities for refugees who would otherwise be homeless.
During the coronavirus pandemic we have suspended taking on new hosts, however if this is something you would like to consider in future, please get in touch.
